Pixel structure of a color filtering array substrate

ABSTRACT

A pixel structure of a color filtering array substrate includes a color filtering layer, a black matrix layer, and an electrode layer. The black matrix layer surrounds the color filtering layer. The electrode layer covers the color filtering layer and the black matrix layer. Besides, the electrode layer has at least one opening therein, and the opening is located above the black matrix layer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a divisional of and claims priority benefit of anapplication Ser. No. 11/533,704, filed on Sep. 20, 2006, now pending,which claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no.95109403, filed on Mar. 20, 2006. The entirety of each of theabove-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by referenceherein and made a part of this specification.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a pixel structure and a display panel,and more particularly, to a pixel structure and a liquid crystal displaypanel suitable for an optically compensated birefringence liquid crystaldisplay (OCB LCD).

2. Description of the Related Art

Since the demand of the display is increased gradually, the displayvendors have dedicated themselves in developing new display techniques.Since the cathode ray tube (CRT) is advantageous in its better displayquality and technology maturity, it has dominated the display market fora long time. However, since the concept of green environment is widelyaccepted recently, due to its characteristics of consuming more energyand generating more radiation, and little improvement in flattening itsproduct, the CRT is not able to meet the market trend of being lighter,thinner, shorter, smaller, and having lower power consumption.Accordingly, the thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD)with superior characteristics of high picture quality, effectiveness ofspace utilization, low power consumption, no radiation, has graduallybecome the main stream in the display market.

Depending on various types of the liquid crystal, the driving methods,and the locations where the light source is disposed, the liquid crystaldisplay can be classified as many different types. In particular, theoptically compensated birefringence liquid crystal display (OCB LCD) hasextremely fast response speed and is also capable of providing smoothpictures when the computer is playing the continuous pictures with fastchanges such as the motion pictures or movies, thus it is suitable forapplying in the high end liquid crystal display panel. However, the OCBLCD can enter into the standby mode for improving its fast responseperformance only when some liquid crystal molecules are transited fromthe splay state to the twist state and eventually transited to the bendstate.

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of the liquid crystal molecules with thesplay state in the liquid crystal display panel, and FIG. 1B is aschematic view of the liquid crystal molecules with the bend state inthe liquid crystal display panel. Referring to FIGS. 1A and 1B, in theOCB LCD 10, a liquid crystal layer 11 is disposed between a topsubstrate 12 and a bottom substrate 13. The top substrate 12 and thebottom substrate 13 have their respective alignment layers (not shown)whose rubbing directions are parallel to each other. The liquid crystalmolecules in the liquid crystal layer 11 are arranged with the splaystate when there is no external electric field applied thereon. In casethe OCB LCD desires entering into the standby mode, an electric fieldperpendicular to the top substrate 12 should be applied onto the liquidcrystal molecules, such that some liquid crystal molecules can graduallytransit to the twist state, and then transit to the bend state. In theconventional OCB LCD, this transition takes a couple of minutes tonormally drive the pixels, in other words, a long time of warm up isrequired before the OCB LCD can enter into the standby mode. However,this problem is disadvantageous to the “ready-to-use” property of theliquid crystal display panel. Accordingly, a fast transition is requiredfor the customers to easily accept the OCB LCD.

In order to have the liquid crystal molecules in the OCB LCD transitfrom the splay state to the bend state more quickly, a more intensiveelectric field is generated by increasing the voltage in the prior art,such that the liquid crystal molecules can quickly transit from thesplay state to the bend state. However, since it is very hard to obtainthe appropriate driving chip that is capable of enduring the highvoltage, it is quite difficult to develop and massively produce suchproducts. The other commonly used method in the conventional techniqueis adding the polymer into the liquid crystal layer. In such case, whenthe liquid crystal molecules are in the bend state, the ultraviolet (UV)is emitted onto the polymer to form a polymer wall, such that the liquidcrystal molecules are sustained to be arranged with the bend state.Although such method is quite simple, a light leakage phenomenon willoccur in the OCB LCD. In addition, other methods are available, forexample, forming slits on the pixel electrode or forming protrusionsabove the pixel structure by applying a special pixel design, such thatthe arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in some areas ischanged, and the speed of transiting from the splay state to the bendstate is improved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the present invention is directed to a pixel structure of anactive device array substrate for quickly transiting the liquid crystalmolecules in the OCB LCD from the splay state to the bend state.

The present invention is further directed to a pixel structure of acolor filtering array substrate for quickly transiting the liquidcrystal molecules in the OCB LCD from the splay state to the bend state.

The present invention is further directed to a liquid crystal displaypanel with a fast response time.

In the present invention, a pixel structure is provided. The pixelstructure comprises a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixelstructure, and at least one island electrode. The active device iselectrically coupled to the scan line and the data line. The pixelelectrode is electrically coupled to active device, wherein the pixelelectrode has at least one opening therein. The island electrode isdisposed inside the opening, wherein the island electrode iselectrically coupled to a voltage V, and the pixel electrode iselectrically coupled to a driving voltage V_(d) that is different fromthe voltage V, such that a transverse electric field is formed betweenthe island electrode and the pixel electrode.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the pixelstructure of the active device array substrate further comprises acapacitance electrode disposed between the substrate and the pixelelectrode, and the capacitance electrode is electrically coupled to theisland electrode. In an embodiment, the capacitance electrode mentionedabove is a common line. In another embodiment, the capacitance electrodementioned above is a next scan line adjacent to the scan line.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the pixelstructure of the active device array substrate further comprises analignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the islandelectrode, and the alignment layer has an alignment direction that isdifferent from that of the transverse electric field.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the pixelelectrode is made of a material the same as that for the islandelectrode.

The present invention further provides a pixel structure of a colorfiltering array substrate comprising a color filtering layer, a blackmatrix layer, and an electrode layer. The black matrix layer surroundsthe color filtering layer. The electrode layer covers the colorfiltering layer and the black matrix layer, wherein the electrode layerhas at least one opening therein, and the opening is located above theblack matrix layer.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the pixelstructure of the color filtering array substrate further comprises atleast one island electrode disposed inside the opening, and the islandelectrode is electrically insulated from the electrode layer.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electrodelayer mentioned above is electrically coupled to a common voltage V_(c),and the island electrode is electrically coupled to a voltage V, whereinthe common voltage V_(c) is different from the voltage V.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the pixelelectrode is made of a material the same as that for the islandelectrode. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,the opening mentioned above is further formed in the electrode layerabove the color filtering layer, and the island electrode is disposedinside the opening.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the openingmentioned above is further formed in the electrode layer above the colorfiltering layer.

The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display panelcomprising an active device array substrate, a color filtering arraysubstrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active device array substratecomprises a plurality of pixel structures, and each pixel structurecomprises a scan line, a data line, an active device electricallycoupled to the scan line and the data line, and a pixel electrodeelectrically coupled to the active device. The color filtering arraysubstrate comprises a color filtering layer, a black matrix layersurrounding the color filtering layer, and an electrode layer coveringthe color filtering layer and the black matrix layer. Specifically, theelectrode layer has at least one first opening that is correspondinglylocated above the black matrix layer. In addition, the liquid crystallayer is disposed between the active device array substrate and thecolor filtering array substrate.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the liquidcrystal display panel of the present invention further comprises atleast one first island electrode disposed in the first opening, and thefirst island electrode is electrically insulated from the electrodelayer.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, each pixelelectrode of the active device array substrate mentioned above furthercomprises a capacitance electrode, and the first opening on the colorfiltering array substrate is formed in alignment with the capacitanceelectrode.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the liquidcrystal display panel of the present invention further comprises atleast one first island electrode disposed in the first opening, and thefirst island electrode on the first opening is correspondingly alignedwith the capacitance electrode.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the pixelelectrode mentioned above has at least one second opening in which asecond island electrode is disposed, and a transverse electric field isformed between the second island electrode and the pixel electrode.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, each pixelstructure of the active device array substrate mentioned above furthercomprises a capacitance electrode that is electrically coupled to thesecond island electrode. In the pixel structure of the active devicearray substrate provided by the present invention, a transverse electricfield is formed between the island electrode and the pixel electrode.Therefore, when the pixel structure of the present invention is appliedin the OCB LCD, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in someareas is changed. When the liquid crystal display panel displays animage, the rest of the liquid crystal molecules are quickly transited tothe bend state, such that the response time of the liquid crystaldisplay panel is effectively improved.

Similarly, in the pixel structure of the color filtering array substrateprovided by the present invention, the electrode layer has at least oneopening that is located above the black matrix layer. Therefore, whenthe pixel structure of the present invention is applied in the OCB LCD,the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in some areas ischanged, which reduces the response time of the liquid crystal displaypanel, and the liquid crystal molecules in such area are shielded by theblack matrix, such that the light leakage problem is eliminated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute aportion of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments ofthe invention, and together with the description, serve to explain theprinciples of the invention.

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of the liquid crystal molecules with thesplay state in the liquid crystal display panel.

FIG. 1B is a schematic view of the liquid crystal molecules with thebend state in the liquid crystal display panel.

FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal display panelaccording to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B is a top view of the active device array substrate in the liquidcrystal display panel of FIG. 2A.

FIGS. 2C to 2G show the top views of the pixel structure of the activedevice array substrate according to the embodiments of the presentinvention, respectively.

FIG. 3A is a top view of a pixel structure of the active device arraysubstrate according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.3B is a top view of a pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 4 to 10 show the top views of the pixel structure of the colorfiltering array substrate according to the embodiments of the presentinvention, respectively.

FIG. 11A is a top view of a pixel structure of the active device arraysubstrate according to another embodiment of the present invention, andFIG. 11B is a top view of a pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal display panel.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS First Embodiment

FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal display panelaccording to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B isa top view of the active device array substrate in the liquid crystaldisplay panel of FIG. 2A, wherein FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional diagramviewed from the cross-sectional line A-A′ of FIG. 2B. Referring to FIGS.2A and 2B, the liquid crystal display panel 400 is an OCB LCD. Theliquid crystal display panel 400 comprises an active device arraysubstrate 300, a color filtering array substrate 200, and a liquidcrystal layer 100. The color filtering array substrate 200 is disposedabove the active device array substrate 300, and the liquid crystallayer 100 is disposed between the color filtering array substrate 200and the active device array substrate 300.

The active device array substrate 300 comprises a first substrate 100and a plurality of pixel structures 340 disposed on the first substrate310. Each of the first pixel structures 340 comprises one of the scanlines 320 a and 320 b, one of a plurality of data lines 330 a, 330 b and330 c, an active device 20, a pixel electrode 30, and an islandelectrode 40. The first substrate 30 is, for example, a glass substrate,a quartz substrate or a substrate made of other appropriate material.The scan lines 320 a and 320 b may be an aluminum alloy conductive wireor a conductive wire formed by other appropriate conductive material.The data lines 330 a, 330 b and 330 c may be a chromium conductive wire,an aluminum alloy conductive wire or a conductive wire formed by otherappropriate conductive material. The active device 20 is disposed on thefirst substrate 310, and each active device 20 is electrically coupledto one of the scan lines 320 a and 320 b and one of the data lines 330a, 3330 b and 330 c. For example, the active device 20 marked in thebottom left of FIG. 2B is electrically coupled to the scan line 320 aand the data line 330 a. In addition, the pixel electrode 30 iselectrically coupled to the active device 20.

As described, the active device 20 is, for example, a thin filmtransistor (TFT), a switch component with three terminals, or otherappropriate components, and the active device 20 is electrically coupledto one of the scan lines 320 a and 320 b and one of the data lines 330a, 330 b and 330 c. In the present embodiment, the active device 20 is aTFT, and the active device 20 comprises a gate 21, a source 22, a drain23, a channel layer 24, and an ohmic contact layer 25 (as shown in FIG.2A). The pixel electrode 30 is, for example, a transmissive electrode, areflective electrode, or a transflective electrode, and the pixelelectrode 30 is made of a material such as indium tin oxide (ITO),indium zinc oxide (IZO), metals, or other transmissive ornon-transmissive conductive material.

Specifically, the pixel electrode 30 has an opening 30 a, and the islandelectrode 40 is disposed inside the opening 30 a. Preferably, the islandelectrode 40 is made of a material the same as that for the pixelelectrode 30. The shape of the island electrode 40 may be a circle, apolygon, or any other appropriate shape. To be more specific, the islandelectrode 40 is electrically insulated from the pixel electrode 30, anda transverse electric field 42 is formed between the island electrode 40and the pixel electrode 30.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the pixel structure 340further comprises a capacitance electrode 50 disposed between the firstsubstrate 310 and the pixel electrode 30, and the capacitance electrode50 is electrically coupled to the island electrode 40 through a contactH. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the islandelectrode 40 is disposed above the capacitance electrode 50, and theisland electrode 40 is electrically coupled to the capacitance electrode50 through the contact H. The island electrode 40 is disposed in an areawhere the capacitance electrode is disposed therein.

Moreover, the color filtering array substrate 200 comprises a secondsubstrate 210, an electrode layer 220, and a color filtering layer 230.The second substrate 210 is, for example, a glass substrate, a quartzsubstrate or a substrate made of other appropriate material. Theelectrode layer 220 is made of a material such as indium tin oxide(ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), or other appropriate conductivematerial, and the electrode layer 220 is disposed above the secondsubstrate 210. The color filtering layer 230 is disposed between thesecond substrate 210 and the electrode layer 220. For example, the colorfiltering layer 230 comprises a black matrix layer and a plurality ofcolor filtering patterns (not shown).

In the present embodiment, the capacitance electrode 50 is a commonline. In other words, all of the capacitance electrodes 50 in the samerow or column together form a line. The pixel electrode 30, thecapacitance electrode 50, and a dielectric layer D together form astorage capacitor Cs, and the pixel electrode 30 and the capacitanceelectrode 50 are served as the top electrode plate and the bottomelectrode plate of the storage capacitor Cs, respectively. Namely, thestorage capacitor Cs is the so-called storage capacitance on common.

Furthermore, the active device array substrate 300 further comprises analignment layer 60 a. The alignment layer 60 a is, for example, made ofpolyimide resin (PI) or other appropriate material. The alignment layer60 a covers the pixel structure 304 and has an alignment direction 62.It is to be noted that the alignment direction 62 is different from thatof the transverse electric field 42. In addition, an alignment layer 60b is further disposed on the electrode layer 220 of the color filteringarray substrate 200, and the alignment direction of the alignment layer60 b is the same or in parallel with the alignment direction of thealignment layer 60 a.

With such design of the pixel structure 340 in the liquid crystaldisplay panel 400, the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules insome areas is changed in advance. Usually, before the image is displayedon the liquid crystal display panel 400, the island electrode 40 of thepixel structure 340 and the corresponding capacitance electrode 50 areelectrically coupled to a voltage V, and the corresponding pixelelectrode 30 is electrically coupled to a driving voltage V_(d). Here,the voltage V is, for example, a constant value, and the driving voltageV_(d) varies according to the image to be displayed. It is to be notedthat the voltage V is different from the driving voltage V_(d).Therefore, a transverse electric field is formed between the islandelectrode 40 and the pixel electrode 30. In the liquid crystal layer100, some liquid crystal molecules originally in the splay state aretwisted and transited to the twist state by reacting to the transverseelectric field. When the liquid crystal display panel 400 displays theimage, a vertical electric field is applied on the liquid crystal layer100. Since some liquid crystal molecules are already in the twist state,it can advantageously drive other liquid crystal molecules to the bendstate quickly. Comparing to the case where all liquid crystal moleculesare in the splay state, the present invention can quickly transit theliquid crystal molecules to the bend state. In other words, the liquidcrystal display panel 400 can provide a fast response time under normaldisplay driving.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2B, the island electrode 40 is a polygon shapeelectrode, and each capacitance electrode 50 is a common line. However,according to the present invention, the island electrode 40 is notlimited to be the polygon shape electrode, and each capacitanceelectrode 50 may be a next scan line 320 b adjacent to the scan line 320a. In the active device array substrates 500, 600, 700 and 800 of FIGS.2C to 2F, the shape of the island electrodes 510, 610, 710 and 810 ofthe pixel structures 540, 640, 740 and 840 are polygons with differentshapes. Of course, the shape of the island electrode, according to thepresent invention, is not limited to the shape shown in FIGS. 2B to 2F.

Moreover, in the active device array substrate 900 of FIG. 2G, thecapacitance electrode 920 of the pixel structure 940 is a next scan line320 b adjacent to the scan line 320 a. In the pixel structure 940, thepixel electrode 30, the capacitance electrode 920, and the dielectriclayer D together form a storage capacitor Cs, and the pixel electrode 30and the capacitance electrode 920 are served as the top electrode plateand the bottom electrode plate of the storage capacitor Cs,respectively. Namely, the storage capacitor Cs is the so-called storagecapacitance on gate.

The pixel structures 540, 640, 740, 840 and 940 of FIGS. 2C to 2G havethe same functions as that of the pixel structure 340 (referring to FIG.2B) mentioned above. In other words, a transverse electric field 42 isformed between the pixel electrode 30 and the island electrodes 510,610, 710, 810, 910 of the pixel structures 540, 640, 740, 840, 940.Accordingly, the liquid crystal display panel (not shown) made of suchpixel structures 540, 640, 740, 840 and 940 can provide a fast responsetime.

Second Embodiment

In the first embodiment mentioned above, the opening and the islandelectrode are formed in the pixel electrode of the active device arraysubstrate, such that the liquid crystal molecules in such area arestayed in the bend state, and the liquid crystal display panel canprovide a fast response time under normal display driving. According tothe present invention, the opening (and the island electrode) may beformed on the electrode layer of the color filtering array substrate,such design makes the liquid crystal molecules in such area stay in thebend state, and the liquid crystal display panel can provide a fastresponse time under normal display driving. The detail of forming theopening (and the island electrode) on the electrode layer of the colorfiltering array substrate is described in greater detail hereinafter.

FIG. 3A is a top view of a pixel structure of the active device arraysubstrate according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.3B is a top view of a pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate according to an embodiment of the present invention. After theactive device array substrate and the color filtering array substrateare integrated into a piece, and a liquid crystal layer is filledbetween two substrates to form a liquid crystal display panel, the pixelstructure of FIG. 3A and the pixel structure of FIG. 3B are overlaid oraligned with each other. Referring to FIG. 3A, the pixel structure ofthe active device array substrate comprises an active device 20, and ascan line 320 a, a data line 330 a and a pixel electrode 30 that are allelectrically coupled to the active device 20. In an embodiment of thepresent invention, the pixel structure of the active device arraysubstrate further comprises a capacitance electrode, and a storagecapacitor Cs is formed between the capacitance electrode and the pixelelectrode 30. The components of the pixel structure of the active devicearray substrate mentioned above has been described in the firstembodiment, thus its detail is omitted herein.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate comprises a color filtering layer 502, a black matrix 504, andan electrode layer 506. The color filtering layer 502 is, for example, ared (R), a green (G), or a blue (B) filtering layer. The black matrix504 formed surrounding the color filtering layer 502 is made of amaterial such as metal or black resin. The present invention dose notlimit the sequence of forming the black matrix 504 and the colorfiltering layer 502. In other words, the black matrix 504 may be formedbefore the color filtering layer 502; alternatively, the color filteringlayer 502 may be formed before the black matrix 504. Moreover, theelectrode layer 506 covers the color filtering layer 502 and the blackmatrix 504. In an embodiment of the present invention, a planarizationlayer (not shown) is further disposed beneath the electrode layer 506.

Specifically, an opening 508 a formed in the electrode layer 506 islocated in the electrode layer 506 above the black matrix 504. Inanother embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the opening508 a that is formed in the electrode layer 506 above the black matrix504, an opening 508 b is further formed in the electrode layer 506 abovethe color filtering layer 502. Preferably, the opening 508 b is overlaidor aligned with the capacitance electrode 50 on the active device arraysubstrate. Since the opening 508 a (and 508 b) is formed in theelectrode layer 506, when a driving voltage is applied thereon to drivethe liquid crystal display panel, a sub transverse electric field isformed near the opening 508 a (and 508 b) by the electric field betweenthe scan line 320 a and the data line 330 a (or even the capacitanceelectrode 50) and the electrode layer 506, such that the liquid crystalmolecules in such area are transited from the splay state to the twiststate. Similarly, since some liquid crystal molecules are already in thetwist state, it can advantageously drive the rest of the liquid crystalmolecules to quickly transit to the bend state. Accordingly, the liquidcrystal display panel can provide a fast response time under normaldisplay driving.

It is to be noted that the opening 508 a is formed in the electrodelayer 506 above the black matrix 504 in the present invention, and theopening 508 b is further formed in the electrode layer 506 on which thecapacitance electrode 50 is disposed. In other words, the opening isformed in an area where is shielded by black matrix 504 or/andcapacitance electrode 50 in the present invention, such that the lightleakage problem, which may happen in the opening, is effectivelyeliminated. Moreover, if the openings are formed on the periphery of thepixel structure in the present invention, the operation range of thetransverse electric field is increased, such that the liquid crystalmolecules can quickly transit to the bend state.

Although the openings 508 a and 508 b of FIG. 3B are slit openings, thepresent invention is not limited to the shape of the openings 508 a and508 b. Rather, the openings 508 a and 508 b may be square holes or smallround holes (as shown in FIG. 4), other polygons (as shown in FIG. 5),or bend slits (as shown in FIG. 6).

In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, theisland electrodes 500 a and 500 b may be further disposed inside theopening 508 a (and 508 b) as shown in FIG. 7, and the island electrodes500 a and 500 b are electrically insulated from the electrode layer 506.In an embodiment of the present invention, the electrode layer 506 iselectrically coupled to a common voltage V_(c), and the islandelectrodes 500 a and 500 b are electrically coupled to a voltage V,wherein the common voltage V_(c) is different from the voltage V. Inaddition, the electrode layer 506 is made of a material the same as thatfor the island electrodes 500 a and 500 b.

Similarly, the present invention is not limited to the shape of theopenings 508 a and 508 b and the island electrodes 500 a and 500 b; as amatter of fact, they can be in the form of any shape of polygons shownin FIG. 8, bar shapes shown in FIG. 9, or can be bend shapes shown inFIG. 10.

The pixel structure of the color filtering array substrate shown inFIGS. 3 to 10 is a pixel structure suitable for the storage capacitanceon common. If the pixel structure is a pixel structure suitable for thestorage capacitance on gate, the specific positions for disposing theopening 508 b (and the island electrode 500 b) should be changedaccordingly; namely, they should be overlaid or aligned with the scanline as shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B. Similarly, all different types ofthe opening and the island electrode can be applied in the pixelstructure of FIG. 11B.

It is to be noted that the first embodiment mainly provides a pixelstructure for the active device array substrate, and the secondembodiment mainly provides a pixel structure for the color filteringarray substrate. As a result, both pixel structures can provide a fastresponse time under normal display driving. The liquid crystal displaypanel of the present invention (shown in FIG. 12) comprises an activedevice array substrate 702, a color filtering array substrate 704, and aliquid crystal layer 706. In an embodiment of the present invention, thepixel structure disclosed in the first embodiment may be optionallyselected as the pixel structure of the active device array substrate702, and the conventional pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate is used as the pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate 704. In another embodiment, the conventional pixel structureof the active device array substrate is used as the pixel structure ofthe active device array substrate 702, and the pixel structure disclosedin the second embodiment may be optionally selected as the pixelstructure of the color filtering array substrate 704. In yet anotherembodiment, the pixel structure disclosed in the first embodiment isused as the pixel structure on the active device array substrate 702,and the pixel structure disclosed in the second embodiment is optionallyselected as the pixel structure of the color filtering substrate 704.

In summary, the pixel structure and the liquid crystal display panel,according to the present invention, have at least the followingadvantages:

-   -   1. In the pixel structure of the active device array substrate,        a transverse electric field is formed between the island        electrode and the pixel electrode. Therefore, when the pixel        structure of the present invention is applied in the OCB LCD,        the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in some areas is        changed. When the liquid crystal display panel displays an        image, the rest of the liquid crystal molecules are quickly        transited to the bend state, such that the response time of the        liquid crystal display panel is effectively improved.    -   2. In the pixel structure of the color filtering array        substrate, the electrode layer has at least one opening that is        located above the black matrix layer. Therefore, when the pixel        structure of the present invention is applied in the OCB LCD,        the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in some areas is        changed, which reduces the response time of the liquid crystal        display panel, and the liquid crystal molecules in such area are        shielded by the black matrix, such that the light leakage        problem is eliminated.    -   3. The fabrication of the pixel structure and the liquid crystal        display panel is compatible with the fabricating process        currently used in the field. Therefore, it is not required to        purchase additional fabricating equipment except for modifying        the design of some photo masks.

Although the invention has been described with reference to particularembodiments thereof, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skills inthe art that modifications to the described embodiments may be madewithout departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, thescope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

1. A pixel structure of a color filtering array substrate, comprising: acolor filtering layer; a black matrix layer surrounding the colorfiltering layer; and an electrode layer covering the color filteringlayer and the black matrix layer, wherein the electrode layer has atleast one opening, and the at least one opening is correspondinglylocated above the black matrix layer.
 2. The pixel structure of thecolor filtering array substrate of claim 1, further comprising at leastone island electrode disposed inside the at least one opening, whereinthe at least one island electrode is electrically insulated from theelectrode layer.
 3. The pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate of claim 2, wherein the electrode layer is electricallycoupled to a common voltage V_(c), the at least one island electrode iselectrically coupled to a voltage V, and the common voltage V_(c) isdifferent from the voltage V.
 4. The pixel structure of the colorfiltering array substrate of claim 2, wherein the electrode layer ismade of a material substantially the same as that of the at least oneisland electrode.
 5. The pixel structure of the color filtering arraysubstrate of claim 2, wherein the at least one opening is further formedin the electrode layer above the color filtering layer, and the at leastone island electrode is disposed inside the at least one opening.
 6. Thepixel structure of the color filtering array substrate of claim 1,wherein the at least one opening is formed in the electrode layer abovethe color filtering layer.